• Anti-G8 activist detained and beaten

  German activist Martin Kramer, en route to Japan to prepare for the Hokkaido G8 summit protests, was arrested by police in...

   

• UK MEPs fined after EU treaty protest

  Four British MEPs have been fined hundreds of pounds for staging an EU treaty referendum protest in the European parliament. The...

   

• MoD requests ‘voluntary’ DNA samples

  The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is asking armed forces personnel to voluntarily submit DNA samples leading to fears that they...

   

• Experts wary over ID card plan

  Home Office slows ID card rollout as independent Treasury study recommends fast implementation The government’s failure...

   

• Detainee’s Suit Says Abuse Was Videotaped

  Lawyers for a detainee held at the Navy brig in Charleston, S.C., allege in court papers to be filed today that their client...

   

• Khadr’s lawyers want names of U.S. interrogators

  Lawyers for Omar Khadr are asking a U.S. military judge for the names of interrogators who questioned the Canadian citizen...

   

• Budget Falls A Long Way Short On Green Action

  Environmentalists are calling Alistair Darling’s first Budget as Chancellor a ‘green smokescreen’, accusing...

   

• George Bush lashes out at Hugo Chavez

  George Bush has accused the Venezuelan president of “praising terrorists” and of squandering his country’s...

   

• Israel to boycott Al-Jazeera

  Israel will boycott Al-Jazeera over what it calls the channel’s ‘biased coverage’ of the regime’s...

   

• Ferraro Steps Down From Clinton Campaign

  After making racially-charged comments about Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., former vice presidential Democratic nominee Geraldine...

   

• Spitzer’s Shame Is Wall Street’s Gain

  

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  Tell me again: Why should we get all worked up over the revelation that the New York governor paid for sex? Will it bring...

   

• Faceless: Chasing the Data Shadow

  Remote-controlled UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) scan the city for anti-social behaviour. Talking cameras scold people for...

   

• China slams US human rights report

  China on Wednesday voiced strong opposition to the US State Department’s 2007 Human Rights Report that criticizes China’s...